Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 30, 2015 (CF Lending, LLC).
Term ends Dec 8, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 1, 2025
Filed Sep 1, 2005 as application 11/217,737 · Granted May 4, 2010
Base term plus 463 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2026
Clock starts
Sep 1, 2005
Sep 1, 2005
Term ends
Dec 8, 2026
Dec 8, 2026
Granted
May 4, 2010
May 4, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
463
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
2
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 463 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 1, 2005, when this application, 11/217,737, was filed | Sep 1, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +463 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 8, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 8, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,708,313 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 7,971,903 | Term ended Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2005 Reel 16971, frame 89 | Haba, Charles A.; Sahu, Chaman L.; Mehdian, Behrooz; Naim, Mohammed A. | Lear Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 27, 2007 Reel 19215, frame 727 | Lear Corporation | International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 10, 2010 Reel 25882, frame 19 | International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc. | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jun 7, 2011 Reel 26404, frame 69 | International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc., a Delaware Corporation | The Bank of New York Mellon, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Sep 30, 2015 Reel 36722, frame 440 | International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc., as Grantor | CF Lending, LLC , as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 1, 2015 Reel 36742, frame 576 | International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc. | The Bank of New York Mellon, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Oct 5, 2015 Reel 36777, frame 821 | The Bank of New York Mellon | International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 5, 2015 Reel 36777, frame 904 | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Collateral Agent | International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 23, 2018 Reel 45998, frame 550 | International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc. | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 26, 2018 Reel 46022, frame 599 | The Bank of New York Mellon, as Collateral Agent | International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 036742/FRAME 0576 |
| Jul 31, 2018 Reel 46674, frame 610 | International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement (Canadian Obligations) |
| Jun 12, 2020 Reel 52923, frame 888 | International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc. | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 22, 2021 Reel 57569, frame 893 | International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc. | Blue Torch Finance LLC, as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 26, 2024 Reel 67853, frame 742 | Wells Fargo Bank, N.a. | International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreements |
| Jun 6, 2025 Reel 71494, frame 829 | Blue Torch Finance LLC | International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc.; International Automotive Components Group GmbH | Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at Reel/Frame 057569/0893. |
| Jun 6, 2025 Reel 71494, frame 928 | Blue Torch Finance LLC | International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc.; International Automotive Components Group GmbH | Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at Reel/Frame 063121/0799. |
| Jun 6, 2025 Reel 71494, frame 946 | Blue Torch Finance LLC | International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc.; International Automotive Components Group GmbH | Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at Reel/Frame 067006/0846. |
| Jun 6, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Blue Torch Finance LLC | International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at Reel/Frame 057569/0893. |
| Jun 6, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Blue Torch Finance LLC | International Automotive Components Group GmbH | Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at Reel/Frame 057569/0893. |
| Jun 6, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Blue Torch Finance LLC | International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at Reel/Frame 063121/0799. |
| Jun 6, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Blue Torch Finance LLC | International Automotive Components Group GmbH | Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at Reel/Frame 063121/0799. |
| Jun 6, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Blue Torch Finance LLC | International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at Reel/Frame 067006/0846. |
| Jun 6, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Blue Torch Finance LLC | International Automotive Components Group GmbH | Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at Reel/Frame 067006/0846. |
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Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 8, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 463 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
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